Index: sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
+++ sys/kern/kern_malloc.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,8 @@
 	KASSERT(vm_cnt.v_page_count != 0, ("malloc_register before vm_init"));
 
 	mtp = data;
-	if (mtp->ks_version != M_VERSION)
+	/* XXX: Some platforms erroneously report the version as the magic number */
+	if (mtp->ks_version != M_VERSION && mtp->ks_version != M_MAGIC)
 		panic("malloc_init: type %s with unsupported version %lu",
 		    mtp->ks_shortdesc, mtp->ks_version);
 
Index: sys/sys/malloc.h
===================================================================
--- sys/sys/malloc.h
+++ sys/sys/malloc.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define	M_NEXTFIT	0x8000		/* only for vmem, follow cursor */
 
 #define	M_VERSION	2020110501
+#define M_MAGIC		877983977	/* Needed for certain platforms */
 
 /*
  * Two malloc type structures are present: malloc_type, which is used by a